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-rw-r--r--mm/vmalloc.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index a7b522f..bf233b2 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1085,6 +1085,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_unmap_ram);
* @node: prefer to allocate data structures on this node
* @prot: memory protection to use. PAGE_KERNEL for regular RAM
*
+ * If you use this function for less than VMAP_MAX_ALLOC pages, it could be
+ * faster than vmap so it's good. But if you mix long-life and short-life
+ * objects with vm_map_ram(), it could consume lots of address space through
+ * fragmentation (especially on a 32bit machine). You could see failures in
+ * the end. Please use this function for short-lived objects.
+ *
* Returns: a pointer to the address that has been mapped, or %NULL on failure
*/
void *vm_map_ram(struct page **pages, unsigned int count, int node, pgprot_t prot)
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